Tabua
human history
Tabua. Consisting of a tovuto (sperm whale)'s tooth. The tabua has a slight curved shape, ovoid in cross-section. The tabua is yellow-brown in overall colour, and has been burnt giving it a charred blackened exterior. There is a groove extending from the centre of the tabua to one end. There is a hole drilled through the one end which is broken. An inscription is carved into the tabua.
Accession number: 1991.81 Last Update: 2 Oct 2026
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- Te reo Name
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Whale tooth
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- Description
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- Place
- Fiji
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- Accession Number
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1991.81
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31 May 1991
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53887.3 (ethnology)
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- Display Room
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